diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 80b4b523a..080876810 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cli/oauth v0.8.0
 	github.com/cli/safeexec v1.0.0
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0
+	github.com/creack/pty v1.1.13
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.1.2
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f89f8dd8..aad4401e7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190321100706-95778dfbb74e/go.mod h1:F5haX7
 github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20180928190104-399ea9e2e55f/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfcXa63jLwjI0eiQQMgzzUDFVpN/nH/eA=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0 h1:EoUDS0afbrsXAZ9YQ9jdu/mZ2sXgT1/2yyNng4PGlyM=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.13 h1:rTPnd/xocYRjutMfqide2zle1u96upp1gm6eUHKi7us=
+github.com/creack/pty v1.1.13/go.mod h1:MOBLtS5ELjhRRrroQr9kyvTxUAFNvYEK993ew/Vr4O4=
 github.com/danwakefield/fnmatch v0.0.0-20160403171240-cbb64ac3d964 h1:y5HC9v93H5EPKqaS1UYVg1uYah5Xf51mBfIoWehClUQ=
 github.com/danwakefield/fnmatch v0.0.0-20160403171240-cbb64ac3d964/go.mod h1:Xd9hchkHSWYkEqJwUGisez3G1QY8Ryz0sdWrLPMGjLk=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/pkg/surveyext/editor.go b/pkg/surveyext/editor.go
index 21a358aa0..f868ed671 100644
--- a/pkg/surveyext/editor.go
+++ b/pkg/surveyext/editor.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (e *GhEditor) prompt(initialValue string, config *survey.PromptConfig) (int
 		}
 		if r == '\r' || r == '\n' {
 			if e.BlankAllowed {
-				return "", nil
+				return initialValue, nil
 			} else {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/surveyext/editor_test.go b/pkg/surveyext/editor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03ad27989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/surveyext/editor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package surveyext
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
+	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2/terminal"
+	pseudotty "github.com/creack/pty"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func Test_GhEditor_Prompt(t *testing.T) {
+	e := &GhEditor{
+		BlankAllowed:  true,
+		EditorCommand: "false",
+		Editor: &survey.Editor{
+			Message:       "Body",
+			FileName:      "*.md",
+			Default:       "initial value",
+			HideDefault:   true,
+			AppendDefault: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	pty, tty, err := pseudotty.Open()
+	if errors.Is(err, pseudotty.ErrUnsupported) {
+		return
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer pty.Close()
+	defer tty.Close()
+
+	err = pseudotty.Setsize(tty, &pseudotty.Winsize{Cols: 72, Rows: 30})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	out := teeWriter{File: tty}
+	e.WithStdio(terminal.Stdio{
+		In:  tty,
+		Out: &out,
+		Err: tty,
+	})
+
+	var res string
+	errc := make(chan error)
+
+	go func() {
+		r, err := e.Prompt(defaultPromptConfig())
+		if r != nil {
+			res = r.(string)
+		}
+		errc <- err
+	}()
+
+	time.Sleep(5 * time.Millisecond)
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[0G\x1b[2K\x1b[0;1;92m? \x1b[0m\x1b[0;1;99mBody \x1b[0m\x1b[0;36m[(e) to launch false, enter to skip] \x1b[0m\x1b[?25l", out.String())
+	fmt.Fprint(pty, "\n") // send Enter key
+
+	err = <-errc
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "initial value", res)
+	assert.Equal(t, "\x1b[?25h", out.String())
+}
+
+// survey doesn't expose this
+func defaultPromptConfig() *survey.PromptConfig {
+	return &survey.PromptConfig{
+		PageSize:     7,
+		HelpInput:    "?",
+		SuggestInput: "tab",
+		Icons: survey.IconSet{
+			Error: survey.Icon{
+				Text:   "X",
+				Format: "red",
+			},
+			Help: survey.Icon{
+				Text:   "?",
+				Format: "cyan",
+			},
+			Question: survey.Icon{
+				Text:   "?",
+				Format: "green+hb",
+			},
+			MarkedOption: survey.Icon{
+				Text:   "[x]",
+				Format: "green",
+			},
+			UnmarkedOption: survey.Icon{
+				Text:   "[ ]",
+				Format: "default+hb",
+			},
+			SelectFocus: survey.Icon{
+				Text:   ">",
+				Format: "cyan+b",
+			},
+		},
+		Filter: func(filter string, value string, index int) (include bool) {
+			filter = strings.ToLower(filter)
+			return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(value), filter)
+		},
+		KeepFilter: false,
+	}
+}
+
+// teeWriter is a writer that duplicates all writes to a file into a buffer
+type teeWriter struct {
+	*os.File
+	buf bytes.Buffer
+	mu  sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func (f *teeWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	_, _ = f.buf.Write(p)
+	return f.File.Write(p)
+}
+
+func (f *teeWriter) String() string {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	s := f.buf.String()
+	f.buf.Reset()
+	f.mu.Unlock()
+	return s
+}